Ever wondered what the majority of Syrian refugees think about terrorists, and what they think about the US? Here are some very chilling answers (the numbers are taken from this poll):
When Syrian refugees were asked to list the greatest threat, 29 percent picked Iran, 22 percent picked Israel and 19 percent picked America. Only 10 percent viewed Islamic terrorism as a great threat.
By way of comparison, twice as many Iraqis see Islamic terrorism as a threat than Syrians do and slightly more Palestinian Arabs view Islamic terrorism as a threat than Syrians do. These are terrible numbers.
Thirty-seven percent of Syrian refugees oppose US airstrikes on ISIS. 33% oppose the objective of destroying ISIS.
And these are the people whom our politicians would have us believe are “fleeing an ISIS Holocaust.”
Remember, these are the refugees, not just Syrians in general. No doubt those doing the vaunted vetting of the refugees who come here would say that of course, only those Syrians who agree that ISIS should be destroyed are allowed to come here. But—as author Greenfield points out—why would the high percentage of Syrian refugees who support ISIS and the even larger number who hate the US mention those pesky facts during the vetting process to come here? And even though they hate the US, there’s no reason they wouldn’t want to come to the belly of the beast to wreak some havoc.
No, it’s not the majority, of course. But it hardly strains the imagination at all to envision that a significant number could easily dissemble about their feelings in order to stir up trouble here, both minor and major.
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